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fromWIRED
17 hours ago

Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Is Spewing Water Like a Cosmic Fire Hydrant

Comet 3I/Atlas continues to be full of surprises. As well as being only the third interstellar object ever detected, new analysis shows it is producing hydroxyl (OH) emissions, with these compounds betraying the presence of water on its surface. This discovery was made by a team of researchers at Auburn University in Alabama using NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, and was described in a study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters.
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fromwww.orlandosentinel.com
2 months ago

Hubble Space Telescope takes best picture yet of the comet visiting from another solar system

Hubble Space Telescope captured images of the interstellar comet 3I-Atlas, which poses no threat to Earth.
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